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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 257/2019 issued on 30 October 2019
Publishing date: 30 October 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk and fewer in Luhansk regions. The Mission observed the beginning of the disengagement process at the Zolote disengagement area. Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini-unmanned
OSCE promotes development of green ports and connectivity in the Caspian Sea Region by starting activities in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 October 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Energy security
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan, 30 October 2019- Two OSCE-supported events launched activities in Turkmenistan aimed at promoting green ports and connectivity in the Caspian Sea region. A roundtable discussion for experts on 29 October took place in Ashgabat and a technical workshop was held on 30 October at the Turkmenbashi International Seaport.
OSCE supports II Central Asian Dialogue on reduction of prison population and development of probation service
Publishing date: 30 October 2019
The II Central Asian Dialogue on reduction of prison population and development of probation is taking place from 28 to 31 October 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, the Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia, the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman Office), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Asia Group, the British Embassy in Kazakhstan, the Prison Committees of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.
OSCE supports promotion of women’s political participation in local councils in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 October 2019
Twenty-five female members from across the local councils in the Chuy province, local activists and potential candidates for the 2020 local council elections are taking part in a train-the-trainer capacity building course from 29 to 31 October 2019 in Bishkek. The event is organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, with the support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
OSCE SMM Chief Monitor Çevik welcomes beginning of disengagement from Zolote
Publishing date: 30 October 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 30 October 2019 – The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Yaşar Halit Çevik, welcomed the beginning, yesterday, of the disengagement of forces and hardware from the Zolote disengagement area.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 256/2019 issued on 29 October 2019
Publishing date: 29 October 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Small-arms fire was assessed as aimed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle near non-government-controlled Sentianivka. The SMM saw for the first time anti-tank
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chair in Ukraine and in Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) Sajdik after regular Meeting of TCG in Minsk
Publishing date: 29 October 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 29 October 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 29 October 2019...